Whitewater, Wisconsin demographics

Whitewater, WI demographics: median age 22.1; 35.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Whitewater city, Wisconsin · Incorporated city · GEOID 5586925. The survey estimates a population of 15,807 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Whitewater is 22.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 5,229 households (±362). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	22.1 ±0.5	40.2 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Under 18	1,765 ±310	11.2% ±2.0 pp	21.4%	22.0%
18–34	9,431 ±834	59.7% ±5.3 pp	21.9%	22.8%
35–64	3,019 ±383	19.1% ±2.4 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	1,592 ±299	10.1% ±1.9 pp	18.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Male	7,863 ±425	49.7% ±2.7 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	7,944 ±422	50.3% ±2.7 pp	49.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
White alone	13,156 ±511	83.2% ±3.2 pp	80.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	491 ±245	3.1% ±1.5 pp	6.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	164 ±125 · low precision	1.0% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.9%
Asian alone	507 ±235	3.2% ±1.5 pp	3.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	449 ±235 · low precision	2.8% ±1.5 pp · low precision	2.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,040 ±401	6.6% ±2.5 pp	7.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,184 ±420	89.7% ±2.7 pp	92.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,623 ±424	10.3% ±2.7 pp	8.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,229
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Married-couple family	1,623 ±214	31.0% ±3.5 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	74 ±43 · low precision	1.4% ±0.8 pp · low precision	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	393 ±116	7.5% ±2.2 pp	9.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,789 ±410	34.2% ±7.5 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,350 ±271	25.8% ±4.9 pp	8.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,229
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Households with people under 18	968 ±166	18.5% ±2.9 pp	26.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,261 ±422	81.5% ±5.8 pp	73.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,229
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,789 ±410	34.2% ±7.5 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,748 ±346	33.4% ±6.2 pp	37.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	789 ±186	15.1% ±3.4 pp	13.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	535 ±162	10.2% ±3.0 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	287 ±109	5.5% ±2.0 pp	4.8%	5.9%
Six-person households	61 ±57 · low precision	1.2% ±1.1 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.2%
Seven or more people	20 ±29 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.0%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Native	14,389 ±529	91.0% ±3.3 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,418 ±535	9.0% ±3.4 pp	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 15,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
English only	13,446 ±623	87.1% ±4.0 pp	91.0%	77.7%
Spanish	1,106 ±403	7.2% ±2.6 pp	4.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	79 ±68 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	65 ±47 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	453 ±422 · low precision	2.9% ±2.7 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	140 ±116 · low precision	0.9% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	8 ±17 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	55 ±48 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	56 ±83 · low precision	0.4% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	23 ±33 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 6,324
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	546 ±271	8.6% ±4.2 pp	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,548 ±301	24.5% ±4.4 pp	29.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,517 ±296	24.0% ±4.4 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	484 ±198	7.7% ±3.1 pp	11.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,279 ±249	20.2% ±3.7 pp	22.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	950 ±259	15.0% ±4.0 pp	11.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 15,706
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Same house	10,136 ±629	64.5% ±4.0 pp	88.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,394 ±438	8.9% ±2.8 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,197 ±484	20.4% ±3.1 pp	3.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	884 ±272	5.6% ±1.7 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	95 ±69 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.8% of Whitewater residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.2% in Wisconsin and 8.4% nationally. 76.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Whitewater	Wisconsin	U.S.	Compared with Wisconsin
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.8% ±2.2 pp	5.2%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	76.2% ±4.6 pp	90.3%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.1% ±1.0 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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